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Dialogue Act Labeling

Classify utterances in conversations by their communicative function (question, statement, request, etc.).

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Configuration Fileconfig.yaml

# Dialogue Act Labeling Configuration
# Classify utterances by communicative function

annotation_task_name: "Dialogue Act Labeling"

data_files:
  - "data/dialogue_turns.json"

item_properties:
  id_key: "id"
  text_display_key: "display"

user_config:
  allow_all_users: true

annotation_schemes:
  - annotation_type: "radio"
    name: "dialogue_act"
    description: "What is the primary function of this utterance?"
    labels:
      - name: "Statement"
        tooltip: "Provides information or expresses an opinion"
        key_value: "s"
      - name: "Question"
        tooltip: "Requests information"
        key_value: "q"
      - name: "Directive"
        tooltip: "Request, command, or suggestion for action"
        key_value: "d"
      - name: "Commissive"
        tooltip: "Promise, offer, or commitment"
        key_value: "c"
      - name: "Acknowledgment"
        tooltip: "Shows understanding or agreement (yes, okay, uh-huh)"
        key_value: "a"
      - name: "Greeting"
        tooltip: "Social greeting or farewell"
        key_value: "g"
      - name: "Expressive"
        tooltip: "Expresses emotion (thanks, sorry, wow)"
        key_value: "e"
      - name: "Other"
        tooltip: "None of the above"
        key_value: "o"

  - annotation_type: "radio"
    name: "question_type"
    description: "If this is a question, what type?"
    labels:
      - name: "Yes/No Question"
      - name: "Wh-Question"
      - name: "Choice Question"
      - name: "Tag Question"
      - name: "Rhetorical Question"
      - name: "N/A (not a question)"
    show_if:
      field: "dialogue_act"
      value: "Question"

  - annotation_type: "multiselect"
    name: "secondary_acts"
    description: "Any secondary dialogue acts?"
    labels:
      - name: "Humor/Sarcasm"
      - name: "Politeness marker"
      - name: "Topic shift"
      - name: "Clarification"
      - name: "Elaboration"
      - name: "Correction"

output: "annotation_output/"

Sample Datasample-data.json

[
  {
    "id": "da_001",
    "speaker": "A",
    "utterance": "Hey, how's it going?",
    "context": "[Start of conversation]",
    "display": "**Context:** [Start of conversation]\n\n**Speaker A:** Hey, how's it going?"
  },
  {
    "id": "da_002",
    "speaker": "B",
    "utterance": "Pretty good! I just finished that project we talked about.",
    "context": "A: Hey, how's it going?",
    "display": "**Context:** A: Hey, how's it going?\n\n**Speaker B:** Pretty good! I just finished that project we talked about."
  }
]

// ... and 2 more items

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Quick start:

git clone https://github.com/davidjurgens/potato-showcase.git
cd potato-showcase/dialogue-act-labeling
potato start config.yaml

Details

Annotation Types

radio

Domain

nlpconversational-ai

Use Cases

dialogue-understandingconversation-analysis

Tags

dialogueconversationspeech-actsclassificationchat

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